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AIS base station MAIN - show graphs
Callsign: MAIN
MMSI number: 000002287
IMO number: 424
Navigational status: Undefined/default (15)
Vessel class: (14)
Destination: (ETA ***00 24:60)
Location: 34°52.77' S 150°22.00' E - locator QF55EC48AW - show map
21.3 km West bearing 271° from Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales, Australia [?]
22.1 km Southwest bearing 225° from Kangaroo Valley, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales, Australia
121.3 km East bearing 69° from Canberra, Canberra, Australia
136.3 km Southwest bearing 214° from Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Last position: 2025-07-03 08:09:32 UTC (16m23s ago)
2025-07-03 18:09:32 AEST local time at Nowra, Australia [?]
Course: 297.8° – heading 297°
Speed: 120 km/h
Dimensions: length 319 m width 1 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: MAIN>ais via vk2him
Positions stored: 37131
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This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.
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